Gloria Lasso

Who was Gloria Lasso?

Gloria Lasso was a Spanish-born singer, long based in France. In the '50s, she was one of the major competitors to Dalida.

Born as Rosa María Coscolin in Vilafranca del Penedès, Catalonia, she achieved a degree of fame and success in the 1950s and 1960s, with songs such as Amour, castagnettes et tango, Etranger au paradis, Buenas noches mi amor and Bon voyage.

Eventually superseded by Dalida, she moved to Mexico, but attempted a come back to France in 1985 performing at the Paris Olympia. She was reportedly married six times.

She died from a myocardial infarction, aged 83, at her Cuernavaca, Mexico home.